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kavEri virajAsEyam Vaikuntam Ranga mandiram

 

sa VasudEvO RangEsayaH pratyaksham paramam padham

 

SirVaikuntam is the place that cannot be defeated. It is also known as

AparAjithA. This is also called as ‘ Thelivisumbu ThirunAdu’ by Azhwars. This

falls under nitya vibhUti. This place is separated from leelA vibhUti by a river

called virajA. This river allows only the souls that have shed off the rajO

gunam to cross it.

 

There is a place that is part of both the vibhUtis. This place is known as

‘BhoolOka Vaikuntam’. The very fact that it is in this samsAric world proves

that it is part of leela vibhUti. But, what is it that makes it nitya vibhUti

too?

 

The entire place is surrounded by kAvEri. If we separate the banks of kAveri,

they are Vada Thiru kAvEri (north) and Then Thiru kAvEri (South). Let us

logically see why this is called 'BhoolOkaVaikuntam'.

 

KAvEri is nothing but virajA river. VirajA is the one that separates the

samsAric world from SriVaikuntam. Similarly kAveri separates Srirangam from rest

of the world. Secondly, the vimAnam is known as pranavAkAra vimAnAm. Ranganthar

is none but the One who is ParaVasudEvan. He is reclining under PranavAkAra

vimAnam. Pranavam is the starting point of everything. The banks of kAvEri can

be referred to as four purushArtAs.

 

Southern side of Vada Thiru kAvEri - Dharma

 

Northern Side of Vada Thiru kAvEri – Artha

 

Southern side of Then Thiru kAvEri – KAma

 

Northern side of Then Thiru kAvEri – MOkshA.

 

If we picturise this landscape, we see that kAvEri has enclosed dharma and

mOksham and left kAma and artha outside Srirangam. Hence it is equivalent to

virajA river. There are 7 prAkArams that are equivalent to 7 lokas till satya

loka. The 7 veedhis refer to 7 chandas. Like how there is a mandapam with 1000

pillars in SriVaikuntam, we also have a mandapam with 1000 pillars. Gayatri is

the supreme vEdic mantram. We have Gayatri mandapam in Srirangam with exactly 24

pillars, referring to 24 letters in the Gayatri mantram. There are two

Thirumanal Thoons (pillars) in front of PerumAl. They refer to 2 letters in the

word Ranga, and Hari. There are 9 kalasams in the vimAnam, that refer to Om,

ApO, JyOtirasO… BhuvasvaraH’. There are 9 archakas appointed by PerumAl to do

abhishEkam to these kalasams. They are none but the NavagrahAs. Now, one can

realise whether it is necessary for us to approach navagrahAs when we face

problems. They themselves are doing their duty to PerumAl. We need to

do our duty to PerumAl.

 

Hence Srirangam is also a nityavibhUti. Combining the nitya and leela vibhUtis,

Srirarangam is the one and only place, which can be classified as ‘Ubaya

vibhUti’. Let us enjoy how this Divya Desam has completely inherent bhOgam in

the following postings,

 

aDiyEn,

 

ramanan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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